The unexamined life is not worth living: The unexamined philosophy is not worth having — feminism has become that unexamined philosophy…. Feminism has become the hegemonic ideology in academia and much of the media. This isn’t even a good thing for feminism. Ideologies that go unchallenged, that do not face questioning voices to keep them… Continue reading Why feminism needs men’s rights activism
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Feminism: Building the Rhetorical Fortress
Feminism has become an unassailable ideology. It occupies a position in the media, academia, and NGOs akin to that occupied by the church in the 19th century. That has been achieved by turning it into a rhetorical fortress that is almost impossible to criticise. The motte and bailey fallacy A motte and bailey is a… Continue reading Feminism: Building the Rhetorical Fortress
A tale of research misconduct and gullible hacks?
“A lie can travel round the world while the truth is putting on its boots“ A story about women receiving abuse while running appeared in the Guardian here and on the BBC website here. It seems that 2/3 of women experience harassment while running. The real story, I suspect, is one of research misconduct, gullible… Continue reading A tale of research misconduct and gullible hacks?
Men are not to blame for trans culture
There has been some predictable femsplaining from journalist Victoria Smith, writing in The Critic (here). Victoria is one of those ‘prolific’ journalists who could turn winning the Euromillions lottery into a feminist oppression narrative. I put ‘prolific’ in inverted commas because, in reality, she publishes the same articles over and over again. Predictably, she comes… Continue reading Men are not to blame for trans culture
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